intermit
/ɪntəˈmɪt/
"intermit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intermit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intermit · intermit · English
intermit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intermit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪntəˈmɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intermit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
intermit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪntəˈmɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.".
intermit has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere. The correct English form is intermit, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intermit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.
The bell doth toll for him, that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God.
Etymology
From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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